Extratropical Highlights

  Table of Indices  (Table 3)

  Global Surface Temperature  E1

  Temperature Anomalies (Land Only)  E2

  Global Precipitation  E3

  Regional Precip Estimates (a)  E4

  Regional Precip Estimates (b)  E5

  U.S. Precipitation  E6

  Northern Hemisphere

  Southern Hemisphere

  Stratosphere

• Height Anomalies (a)  S1
  
• Height Anomalies (b)  S2
  
• Temperatures (a)  S3
  
• Temperatures (b)  S4
  
• Ozone (a)  S5
  
• Ozone (b)  S6
  
• EP Flux  S7
  
• Ozone Hole  S8
  

  Appendix 2: Additional Figures

Ozone Hole

APRIL 2012

FIGURE S8.  Daily time series showing the size of the ozone hole (denoted by total ozone <220 DU), the size of SH polar vortex (representing the area enclosed by the 32 PVU contour on the 450K isentropic surface), and the area coverage of temperatures < -78C on the 450K isentropic surface.